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Topic: Regarding Signatures and Avatars (Read 30668 times)

To avoid excessive bandwidth and memory use (which Goosemoose pays for out of his own pocket) and the distraction of fellow posters trying to read posts, we ask that members do not use animated images in their avatars or signatures. Those that do will be asked to remove them immediately. This is out of respect for fellow posters.

Small, static images can be used in signatures, within reason. They should be in the general size realm as a standard banner advertisement or smaller.

Just responding to make sure this thread gets noticed again... the sizes of the signatures have been getting a little too big lately, and have been affecting dialup users and their ability to navigate the forum.

Remember, signatures should be in the realm of a STANDARD banner ad... not bigger.

A standard banner ad measures 468 x 60 pixels.

Please also try to optimize them for the web so they are smaller. If you don't know how to do this, I can help.

Note: The same issue affecting the photo albums on our site applies to uploading Avatars. Please use Photobucket or another picture sharing site for your avatar uploading needs. See the "How to Post Photos" thread for other site suggestions.

It seems that the avatars are completely broken now, and you can't change them. It's been happening for a while, but the initial discussion happened in the Random section, and I stickied it there. I thought I mentioned it here, but apparently not. Sorry about that!